A message from the PTA

At the end of another academic year, I would like to remind you about the PTA here at AGS and

the role we play. Fund raising is our primary aim but we are also an important part of the school life, bringing parents together, helping to make new friends and being part of our son’s school lives.

This year is likely to be a record breaking year for the PTA. Thanks to the hard work of our members we applied for and won over £11,000 worth of grants from Aviva which has completely funded the new recycling bins throughout the school and the new Rugby scrum machine. We will also be supporting the refurbishment of the drama studio, new sound and lighting equipment, redecoration and upgraded facilities. The PTA will be contributing over £20,000 to this project and when you include various other smaller requests we have supported, it brings us to a total of £35,266 that the PTA have donated to the school this year. This is an amazing achievement and I would like to say thank you to everyone who has contributed and made this possible.

The work doesn’t stop however, we are already looking towards next year, We are planning to support the refurbishment of one of the computer science rooms which is expected to cost around £25,000. We have our work cut out as we will not have the Aviva grant again this year, but I’m sure with the support of the PTA team and you, the parents we will reach our target.

For the 2019/20 year the following events have been confirmed: Laser Quest, Arts & Craft Show, Curry & Quiz Evening, Barn Dance, Summer Fete, Christmas & Summer Raffles. If you would like to join the PTA or just find out more about how we help the school please email: pta@ags.bucks.sch.uk

I’ve only been part of the PTA since last November but since 2004 the PTA has raised over £329,000 and funded a wide variety of projects for the benefit of all of our children so I would like to thank all of those people involved from the core PTA team, event leaders to people who help out at all of our events, thank you for your contribution.

Mr P Tucker – PTA Chair